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Britain Challenges Messaging Services, Consumer Privacy
- The New York Times, Tuesday, January 13, 2015 10:52 AM
British Prime Minister David Cameron is vowing to ban encrypted messaging services like SnapChat and WhatsApp if his intelligence services are not able to decode the communications. “The statement comes as many European politicians are demanding that Internet companies like Google and Facebook provide greater information about people’s online activities after several recent terrorist threats,” The New York Times reports.
